Valley air officials to consider putting $4M into program to repair cars to pass smog test

Valley air officials this week will consider pumping $4 million into a program that helps residents of Stockton and other communities repair their cars to pass a smog test.

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Posted Jun. 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM

By The Record
Posted Jun. 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM

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Valley air officials this week will consider pumping $4 million into a program that helps residents of Stockton and other communities repair their cars to pass a smog test.

"Tune In and Tune Up" holds periodic drive-up testing events at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. Motorists whose cars flunk the unofficial tests are eligible for waivers to make repairs.

More than 260 motorists at the Stockton event last November have benefited from more than $166,000 in repairs, according to statistics compiled by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Another event held in April has so far resulted in more than $145,000 in local repairs.

But the program is about to run out of money, so air district officials on Thursday will consider allocating $4 million from registration fees paid by all Valley drivers.